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Message: [QUOTE="Thelmus, post: 2937156, member: 8988"] I think all coaches tend to stick to a style and tactics that work for them. There is an argument that the one coach that doesn't apply to is Bennet. Who else in league has coached since the early eighties? Who else currently coaching has gone to the grand final with three different clubs and won them with two of them? Who else has been head coach of every major test playing national team? Who else has coached any of the current nrl coaches? Finally who else could take a 2006 forward laden, backs bare to beat Melbourne and forwards shy 2015 team to grand final? I think he has shown some ability to adapt. Criticise him for not having an organising half and failing to develop one and you may have merit. Criticise him for throwing the dice with bird and again you may have merit. Attack him for not changing strategy with players, 3/4 of the spine of which, took them to a gf and 30 seconds from a win and you may be on shaky ground. They are winning games, not as many as we like or by as much as we'd like, but they are winning. Im certain Bennet has had it mentioned to him the difficencies of this team, but short of signing pierce or Carney what options has he really had (I for one am glad they were both overlooked). He has shown overt loyalty to thaiday against many on here's wisdoms. So be it. It will not be thaiday that costs this team a win but the other 16 that play with him. His time is limited. There are good signs with this team. Some strategies might not work against melbourne, but the other 15 teams seems to give us any fears to the point where we feel the need to chastise every loss as a failure of tactics rather than personnel. The truth is no coach is perfect and making mistakes is part of the job. Bennet makes his share, it's just a smaller share than most. [/QUOTE]

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